Centrae

Operating Partners and Value Creation teams are struggling to stay on top of it all. The top pain points we hear are: ❌ No “apples to apples” comparison, costing time to switch between spreadsheets/data sets ❌ Leadership teams pontificating on strategy too much – not enough action ❌ Working late nights and weekends trying to catch up It’s time consuming to travel from portco to portco to instill the same best practices. Even when it goes well, the company often has atrophy afterwards, falling right back into bad habits. At Centrae, the platform is a way you can replicate yourself, without hiring more of you to: ✅ Implement a tool that organizes your best practices ✅ Visualize and track execution of the GTM Plan ✅ Streamline communication with the portfolio leadership team Using a common language to instill consistency, the Centrae tool makes your time more efficient and has delivers a bias towards action to the portfolio companies. Comment or connect to get a behind the scenes tour of how the platform is used today!

Ending Q2 with a bang! Preliminary data is showing positive trends in PE exit activity. Enjoy a safe and happy Independence Day!

Consultants are stuck in spreadsheets...but so are CEOs and Value Creation teams...Here are the top benefits of getting UNSTUCK: -We teach teams how to actually run their business better -The system connects the front line executors to the actual strategy -The Centrae Platform serves as a centralized place for your GTM motion "Give a Man a Fish, and You Feed Him for a Day. Teach a Man To Fish, and You Feed Him for a Lifetime" Centrae gives you best practices and thoughtful guideance. It's all the things you appreciate about consultants, but none of the things you hate about consultants. Comment "Demo" to book a quick intro and get a preview tour of the tool emailed to you directly!

We're excited to announce our Pricing Expert! Here are the top 3 things to know if pricing strategy is right for you: - Your profit/revenue trend isn't on track - Your cost structure is rising - Your EBITDA is squeezed Michael is an expert in finding outliers or variations in your data. He will uncover "Profitability Leaks". Comment "profit" here or contact us to learn what the top profitability leaks are and we will send them to you. Contact Centrae to see the pricing strategy ROI for your specific company.

With 40+ GTM workshops – where do you start? Here’s an overview of the Centrae PE Revenue Acceleration Framework. Some people call it a “PE Portfolio Company Playbook” or a “Toolkit”. Either way, it’s a proven approach to growing revenue for lower middle market companies. We start with an assessment, then guide the company through a learning plan to leverage the right workshops for their business. Here are just a few: 1.   Market Research -TAM/SAM -Ideal Customer Profile -Buyer Persona -Buying Process Maps -Value Proposition 2.   Sales Fundamentals -Sales Revenue & Budget -Sales Org Design -Talent Hiring & Onboarding -Territory Design -Compensation & Quota -Pricing Strategy -Channel Strategy -Sales Leadership -Customer Success 3.   Marketing Fundamentals -Lead Management -Strategic Brand Direction -Marketing Org Design -Campaign Strategy -Content Strategy -Digital Strategy -Product Naming 4.   Sales Execution -Prospecting -Opportunity Management -Deal Desk -Configure, Price & Quote -Channel Optimization -Sales Operations -Technology Stack -Key Account Enablement -Win Strategies -Sales Plays & Playbooks 5.   Marketing Execution -Buyer & Competitive Positioning -Lead Management -Content Development -Product & Marketing Launch -Campaign Build -Customer Marketing -Account Based Marketing -Field Marketing -Agency Marketing -Marketing Operations Any other Commercial/GTM/Revenue Growth in your toolkit?

After guiding dozens of management teams through our go-to-market (GTM) framework, we've seen that 75% make this expensive mistake consistently: They don't have a defined buyer persona. Marketing ROI plummets. Sales teams are frustrated wasting time and money on calls with people who will never buy. Buyer Persona templates are everywhere - and they're great. But we embed a unique process into a comprehensive framework that: -Brings the leadership team into alignment -Provides total clarity on who to target and how to start -Is a single source of truth for your GTM strategy that's in the context of your specific white space Check out a sneak peek of the Centrae intro video here. Comment "Demo" or contact us to request an inside look of the Centrae framework! https://lnkd.in/gRhvXj62

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Lack of alignment stalls company growth.  Here are 2 tools leadership teams use to get aligned and accelerate adoption. When the leadership team isn’t in sync, decision-making grinds to a halt. Without the team's buy-in, even the best plans can fall apart. The company ends up wasting precious time and resources You may even schedule several hours of meetings to bring everyone along. Like herding cats, everyone is frustrated in the end. But we’ve found the most effective way to bring a team into alignment. And it takes almost no prep to pull it off. 📊 First, the Centrae Assessment process creates robust dialogue of the key problems and priorities the leadership team is grappling with.  It allows for natural progression to gain alignment in as little as 2 hours. ✔ And second, the Centrae Task Tool ensures clear execution and accountability of the strategic plan. Listen here to a conversation on executive alignment between Craig Woll and Natasha Bunten. Comment "Assessment" to learn more about getting a free assessment for your company!

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GTM teams waste countless hours customizing playbook assets. (but here's the quick fix). Building playbooks is hard. Even for the best. Imagine trying to build your own GTM process from scratch. Or harder yet, repurposing and updating dozens of documents saved in different locations. No easy feat. That's why we’re thrilled to announce the official launch of our AI integration! It revolutionizes the way you develop playbook assets. Now, you can say goodbye to long hours spent looking at a blank sheet: - Our AI delivers tailored recommendations to swiftly develop playbook assets - No more lengthy prompts, our One-Click Suggestions eliminate tedious form filling.   - We enabled several LLMs to provide flexibility of choice in generating playbook assets that are specific to your unique requirements. Comment or send us a request to get an inside look!